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CENTINEX have premiered a track from their upcoming new album "Redeeming Filth". You can check out ‘Rotting Below’ here. "Redeeming Filth" will be released on November 21, 2014 in Europe and December 09, 2014 in North America via Agonia Records. More CENTINEX at www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
Canadian Black / Death Metallers DIRE OMEN have premiered another new song from their upcoming release "Wresting The Revelation Of Futility" at this location. The album will be released on November 13, 2014 via Dark Descent Records and features the following tracks: ‘Here And Hereafter (Overture)’, ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’, ‘Ossuary’, ‘Hemotically Possessed, Servus Sevorum Dei’, ‘Foretold Untethering From Existence’, ‘Beyond Stillness’, ‘Vacuous Altar’, ‘Inversion Of Samadhi Dire Omen’ and ‘Closing The Portal’. For all further DIRE OMEN information check out www.facebook.com/direomen
On December 15, 2014 Xtreem Music will officially re-release "Recognize No Authority", the debut album from Los Angeles’ DÉTENTE as a 2 CD edition. Disc 1 will contain two bonus tracks (re-recorded versions of two album tracks), while disc 2 features the band’s 4 demos, two unreleased songs (live & rehearsal from ’85) and the 2 CATALEPSY demos from ’87 and ’88. All songs will be remastered and the booklet will have band photos, flyers, lyrics and extensive liner notes from Steve Hochheiser on offer. There will also be a limited run of T-Shirts that will be available exclusively through the Xtreem Music webstore. More DÉTENTE info at www.facebook.com/detenterna
German old school Death Metallers REVEL IN FLESH have just released a video for ‘In The Name Of The Flesh’. The song will appear on their new album "Death Kult Legions" which will be released on December 05, 2014 via Cyclone Empire. You can check out the video here. The first preview track from the album is streaming at this location. A release show for the album will take place on December 06, 2014 at the Rock It club in Aalen, Germany. More about REVEL IN FLESH at www.facebook.com/pages/revel-in-flesh/304228902958414
"Revealed In Profane Splendour", the full-length from UK’s blackened Death Metallers SIDIOUS, is out on Kaotoxin Records now. It is streaming in its entirety at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Parlour Studios by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) and features artwork from Giannis Nakos of Remedy Arts. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Sacrilegious Majesty’, ‘Inexorable Revelation’, ‘Revealed In Profane Splendour’, ‘Annihilation Ov Abhorrent Credence’, ‘Obscenity Ov Old’, ‘Infernal Reign’ and ‘O Paragon, Bringer Ov Light’. More SIDIOUS info at www.facebook.com/sidiousofficial
Greek Black Metallers VARATHRON have premiered a new track entitled ‘Kabalistic Invocation Of Salomon’ at this location. It is taken off their forthcoming new album "Untrodden Corridors Of Hades" which will be released on November 21, 2014 in Europe and December 09, 2014 in the rest of the world via Agonia Records in various formats including digipak CD, box CD (including a bonus CD with rare tracks, a patch and a poster; limited to 350 copies), black vinyl, coloured vinyl (hand-numbered) and digital. "Untrodden Corridors of Hades" was recorded, mixed and engineered by Kostas Kalampokas at Infinite Loop Music Studio in Greece and mastered by Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio in Norway. The artwork has been created by Mark Riddick. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Kabalistic Invocation Of Solomon’, ‘Realm Of Obscure’, ‘Arcane Conjuring’, ‘Leprocious Lord’, ‘The Bright Trapezium’, ‘Death Chant’ and ‘Delve Into The Past’. All further information at www.varathron.com or www.facebook.com/varathronofficial
French Black Metallers HELL MILITIA will be playing a couple of European shows in the second half of November together with Swedish KILL and Slovenia’s ATER ERA. The tour will kick off in Germany in Erfurt on November 21, 2014 and continue in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland. The final show will take place in Saint Etienne, France on November 29, 2014. More details at www.facebook.com/hellmilitiaofficial
"Suffering", the new EP from French Goregrinders PUTRID OFFAL, has just been released via Kaotoxin Records. It is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. Kaotoxin Records will also release a special double CD, which will feature the band’s new album "Mature Necropsy" along with a compilation entitled "Premature Necropsy". It will be limited to 1.000 copies, and features all of the band’s (remastered) material from the 90s, including their 1991 "Unformed" demo, their 1991 "At The Stench Of The Foul Offal" split with AGATHOCLES, the songs from 1991’s "Premature Necropsy" split LP with EXULCERATION and their part of the 1992 "Obscurum Per Obscurius" compilation CD. More about PUTRID OFFAL at www.facebook.com/putridoffal
Philadelphia based Speed Metallers INFILTRATOR have just released their self-titled EP on cassette through Unspeakable Axe Records (black with gold metallic print, and limited to 200 copies). The complete EP can be streamed at this location. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/infiltratormetal
American Black Metallers INQUISITION will reissue their 1998 debut album "Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult" on January 26, 2015 via Season Of Mist. Artist Paolo Girardi, who already created the cover for the band’s "Obscure Verses For The Multiverse" album, has designed a brand new artwork for the reissue edition. The release will be available in several formats, including deluxe vinyl editions. More INQUISITION info at www.facebook.com/inquisition.official
HATE ETERNAL have announced Chason Westmoreland as their new drummer. He has already laid down drum tracks for the band’s forthcoming new album, which title and release date are yet to be announced. Westmoreland will also be joining the band on their upcoming tour, which is scheduled to begin in spring 2015. More HATE ETERNAL at www.hateeternal.com and www.facebook.com/hate.eternal
VIRULENCY have inked a deal with the American label New Standard Elite (GORGASM, DISENTOMB, CEREBRAL EFFUSION, etc) for the release of their debut album "The Anthropodermic Manuscript Of Retribution", which will be recorded by Asier Badiola, the band’s new guitarist, in his very own Tempus Studios in Toledo, Spain. The album will be released in early 2015 and the artwork (done by Russian artist Andrew Tkalenko) will be revealed in the following weeks. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/virulencybrutal
Canadian Black / Death Metallers DIRE OMEN are currently streaming a new song entitled ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’ at this location. The track comes from the album "Wresting The Revelation Of Futility", which will be released via Dark Descent Records on November 12, 2014. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Here And Hereafter (Overture)’, ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’, ‘Ossuary’, ‘Hemotically Possessed’, ‘Servus Sevorum Dei’, ‘Foretold Untethering From Existence’, ‘Beyond Stillness’, ‘Vacuous Altar’, ‘Inversion Of Samadhi Dire Omen’ and ‘Closing The Portal’. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/direomen
On December 05, 2014 Swedish Metallers METHANE will be headlining the Metal Inferno Festival in Kramfors, Sweden at Bollsta Folkets Hus. The festival is a yearly fund raising benifit for "The Hero’s House", a foundation that supports the families of children who have been hospitalized with longterm illness and The Childrens Cancer fund. METHANE recently released a video for the song ‘Hang Me High’, which can be seen here. More about METHANE at www.facebook.com/methaneband
Spanish KATHAARSYS just posted an official lyric video of the new song ‘Describing The Paradox’ here. This song will appear on the band’s sixth album "Describing The Paradox Vol.1", which will be released soon. All additional KATHAARSYS info at www.facebook.com/pages/kathaarsys/70840290415
On December 09, 2014 Turkish brutal Death Metallers DECIMATION will release their third album "Reign Of Ungodly Creation" through Comatose Music. The CD includes a 16 pages booklet featuring artwork of Dan Seagrave. It was mixed and mastered by Sasha Borovykh at TsunTsun. A stream of the track ‘Devilish Domain Vortex In The Gloom Of Wicked Ziggurat’ can be found here, another track from the album can be found at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Noncelestical Orisons Cataclised In The Passage Of Ninib’, ‘Supreme Wisdom Of Blasphemy In The Reign Of Ungodly Creation’, ‘Mystic Transformation In Encrypted Scrolls Of A Grievous Sermon’, ‘Aberrant Ablution By Filthy Excrements Of A Grotesque Crassamentum’, ‘Psalm Carnage In The Ghoulish Chapel Of Gehenna’, ‘Ghoulish Requiem For A Macabre Daemonarch’, ‘Prophetic Despise Under The Pendulum Of A Sacrilegious Throne’, ‘Devilish Domain Vortex In The Gloom Of Wicked Ziggurat’ and ‘Veracity In Relics’. More info at www.facebook.com/decimationtr
Lavadome Productions have signed Italy’s Death Metallers AD NAUSEAM and will release the band’s as of yet untitled debut album this winter on CD and digital formats. The album track ‘Terror Haze’ can already be checked out here. For all additional information on AD NAUSEAM go here: www.facebook.com/adnauseamofficial
German Death Metallers ARCHAIC THORN have signed a deal with Unholy Prophecies for the release of their new MCD / MLP "In Desolate Magnificence". It will contain 5 new songs (1 intro + 4 new tracks). The drums are already recorded and the guitar parts almost finished. The MCD will be limited to 500 copies and the 12" MLP to 300 copies. Elias Aquino will take care of the whole artwork / layout. The release is planned for April / May 2015. A live video of the song ‘Reliefs’ can be checked out at this location. More band information at www.archaicthorn.de
Dutch Death Metallers PENTACLE have just released a double compilation CD entitled "The Fifth Moon… Beyond And Back" via Vic Records. The CD features the following material: CD 1 – "The Fifth Moon" (12" Picture Disc / MCD 1996): ‘Black At Heart’, ‘A Serpent In Blood Red’, ‘The Flame’s Masquerade (Her Sun Is The Moon)’, ‘Adoring An Endless Dawn’, ‘A Serpent In Blood Red’ (first take with alternative vocals), "Exalted Journey" (7" EP 1995): ‘Exalted Journey’, ‘Son Of The Dawn’, CD 2 – "Paradise Of The Underground" DSFA 6 compilation track 1994: ‘A Dance Beyond’, "Winds Of The Fall" (Demo 1993): ‘Buried In Mankind’s Sleep’, ‘Descending Of The Soul’, ‘My Fall’, ‘Deepness Of The Depths’, ‘Winds Of The Fall’, "Caressed By Both Sides" (Rehearsal Demo 1992): ‘A Mind In Flames’, ‘Belief From Below’, ‘Son Of The Dawn’, ‘Denial Of God’, "Rehearsal 1990": ‘Belief From Below’ (featuring DEAD END members). The CD comes with a 32 pages booklet, that features many flyers, unreleased photos and liner notes. More about PENTACLE at www.pentacle.nl
The second full-length of German Death Metallers CHAPEL OF DISEASE is entitled “The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art” and will be released on January 16, 2015 through F.D.A. Records. The self-produced album was mixed by guitarist / vocalist Laurent Teubl and mastered by Erkan Tatoglu at Midas’in Kulakligi Studios in Ankara (Turkey). The artwork was created by Misanthropic Art. The song ‘The Dreaming Of The Flame’ can already be checked out at this location. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘The Mysterious Ways…’, ‘The Dreaming Of The Flame’, ‘Masquerade In Red’, ‘Lord Of All Death’, ‘Symbolic Realms’, ‘Life Is But A Burning Being’ and ‘…Of Repititive Art’. More info at www.facebook.com/chapelofdisease
“Perpetual Descending Into Nothingness”, the third full-length from OBSCURE INFINITY, will be released on January 16, 2015 through F.D.A. Records. It was recorded at Noiseschmiede Lahnstein and mixed / mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano. The song ‘Sorcery Of The Black Souls’ is already streaming over here. Tracklist: ‘Intro – Entering The Hall Of Eternity’, ‘Sorcery Of The Black Souls’, ‘Expiration Of The Lost’, ‘The Uttermost Descend’, ‘Into The Undertow’, ‘Descending Into Nothingness’, ‘From Odium And Disease’ and ‘Beyond Spheres And Time’. For all additional information on OBSCURE INFINITY check out www.facebook.com/obscureinfinitygermany
Finnish Death Metallers AMPUTORY are almost finished with their debut album, which is expected to be mastered in the coming months at Finnvox Studios for a release sometime in early 2015. The album will include a couple of songs from their demos as well as new material. Meanwhile the band’s 2010 promo can be checked out in its entirety here and their 2012 promo "Unclean" here. For all additional AMPUTORY information check out www.facebook.com/pages/amputory/206683252765666
German old school Death Metallers REVEL IN FLESH will release their third full-length "Death Kult Legions" via Cyclone Empire on December 05, 2014. The album features the following tracks: ‘In The Name Of The Flesh’, ‘When Glory Turns To Ruin’, ‘Black Oath Impurity’, ‘Graveyard Procession’, ‘Death Kult Legions’, ‘Frozen Majesty’, ‘Hurt Locker’, ‘Cryptcrawler’, ‘As Souls Descend’, ‘Leviathan’ and ‘Necropolis’ (MANILLA ROAD cover). "Death Kult Legions" was recorded by Maggesson and REVEL IN FLESH at Vault Studios and mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio by Dan Swanö. The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano. More REVEL IN FLESH at www.facebook.com/pages/revel-in-flesh/304228902958414
"This Will Decay", the new album from Miami based Black / Death Metallers INFERION , has just been released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. For more information check out the band at www.inferion.net or www.facebook.com/pages/inferion/121467614565453
Today Hellthrasher Productions will release a limited vinyl edition (300 copies in a gatefold sleeve with a two-sided lyric insert) of "Vesper", the debut album from Polish Black Metallers ENTROPIA . It was originally self-released by the band on CD in February 2013 and the tracklist reads like this: ‘Dante’, ‘Gauss’, ‘Pascal’, ‘Vesper’, ‘Tesla’ and ‘Marat’. A full stream of the album is available at this location. For all additional ENTROPIA info, check out www.facebook.com/mourningentropia